hard news

noun

Journalism.

1. serious news of widespread import, concerning politics, foreign affairs, or the like, as distinguished from routine news items, feature stories, or human-interest stories.

Other Word Forms

• hard-news adjective

Example Sentences

A respected journalist with the demeanor of an undertaker, McGee insisted to management that he ask the first three questions of any hard news subject who appeared on “Today” before Walters could have a chance.

From Los Angeles Times

I was a hard news person, a 'Dateline' person.

From Salon

“A lot of young people are not looking for hard news,” says Mr Cox.

From BBC

The successful rise of “Call Her Daddy” is part of that, much to the ire of hard news journalists and reporters.

From Salon

Early in my career, in the late 1990s, I covered “hard news,” including cops and courts in Philadelphia.

From New York Times